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Last Updated: Thursday, 25 January 2007, 16:58 GMT
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Weekly world news quiz
The week in questions graphic

It's the end of another week... Just how much do you remember about the headlines from the past seven days?

Test your knowledge of world news events in our quiz.

When you've got your result, why not e-mail the quiz to your friends to see how they measure up?

Question 1
China admitted destroying a space satellite with a ground-based ballistic missile, in a move which caused international alarm. What exactly was the target?
A: A defunct Soviet sputnik
B: An unidentified spy satellite
C: A Chinese weather satellite
Question 2
George W Bush unveiled an energy strategy in his State of the Union Speec. How much does it aim to cut projected petrol consumption by?
A: One fifth in a decade
B: A quarter by 2020
C: A third by 2025
Question 3
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said millions of his fellow citizens would take offence at arrangements for this year's annual Big Day Out rock festival in Sydney. What was so offensive?
A: A rule that women could wear bikinis but men couldn't wear trunks
B: A request for fans not to display the national flag
C: A request for fans not to sing the national anthem
Question 4
How did the Greek Orthodox Church react to attempts to revive the religion of classical Greece?
A: It said it was happy to embrace all religions
B: It described the old religion as "degenerate"
C: It said it could only help to re-establish Greece as the fount of education and philosophy
Question 5
A new book written by Pope John Paul II's private secretary reveals what about the former pontiff?
A: That he thought of retiring a few years before he died
B: That he hated wearing white
C: He wished that he had played centre forward rather than goalkeeper in his early life
Question 6
How did the likely next British Prime Minister Gordon Brown anger his fellow Scots?
A: He said he wouldn't be seen dead in a kilt
B: He appeared to back England to host and win the football World Cup in 2018
C: He said that he would never eat haggis
Question 7
Celebrated film director Martin Scorsese has been nominated for an award at the Oscars again. How many Academy Awards has he won as best director?
A: Two
B: One
C: None

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